[PATCH 5/7] writeback: inline allocation failure handling in bdi_alloc_queue_work()

[Jens Axboe]

This gets rid of work == NULL in bdi_queue_work() and puts the
OOM handling where it belongs.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c |   55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d7592c7..5cd8b3b 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -139,21 +139,19 @@ static void wb_clear_pending(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct bdi_work *work)
 
 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
 {
-	if (work) {
-		work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
-		BUG_ON(!work->seen);
-		atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
-		BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
+	work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
+	BUG_ON(!work->seen);
+	atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
+	BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
 
-		/*
-		 * Make sure stores are seen before it appears on the list
-		 */
-		smp_mb();
+	/*
+	 * Make sure stores are seen before it appears on the list
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
 
-		spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
-		list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
-		spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
-	}
+	spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
+	spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
@@ -165,14 +163,12 @@ static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
 		struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
 
 		/*
-		 * If we failed allocating the bdi work item, wake up the wb
-		 * thread always. As a safety precaution, it'll flush out
-		 * everything
+		 * End work now if this wb has no dirty IO pending. Otherwise
+		 * wakeup the handling thread
 		 */
-		if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb)) {
-			if (work)
-				wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
-		} else if (wb->task)
+		if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb))
+			wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
+		else if (wb->task)
 			wake_up_process(wb->task);
 	}
 }
@@ -192,11 +188,20 @@ static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 {
 	struct bdi_work *work;
 
+	/*
+	 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
+	 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
+	 */
 	work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (work)
+	if (work) {
 		bdi_work_init(work, wbc);
+		bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
+	} else {
+		struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
 
-	bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
+		if (wb->task)
+			wake_up_process(wb->task);
+	}
 }
 
 void bdi_start_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -852,10 +857,8 @@ static void bdi_writeback_all(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
-		if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
-			continue;
-
-		bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, wbc);
+		if (bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
+			bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, wbc);
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-- 
1.6.4.1.207.g68ea

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